President Woodrow Wilson, a Princeton-educated professor in jurisprudence. Wilson saw Germany as an important trading partner and wanted to rebuild it as a democracy; Hughes wanted it to pay for a conflict that killed 40 million people. Wilson wanted German New Guinea as a trustee territory of his proposed League of Nations but

President Woodrow Wilson, a Princeton-educated professor in jurisprudence. Wilson saw Germany as an important trading partner and wanted to rebuild it as a democracy; Hughes wanted it to pay for a conflict that killed 40 million people. Wilson wanted German New Guinea as a trustee territory of his proposed League of Nations but